Place | Africa: Egypt |
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Accession Number | 1DRL/0248 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
Object type | Letter |
Maker |
Duke, Reginald Herbert |
Place made | At sea, Egypt, United Kingdom: England |
Date made | 1914 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Duke, Reginald Herbert (Private, b.? - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to service of 1096 Private Reginald Herbert Duke, 1 Battalion, at sea, Egypt, 1914. Collection includes letters written home to Marie, Duke's sweetheart or fiancee.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Place of association, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Born St Arnaud, VIC. Farmer, killed in action Courtney's Post, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915, aged 23 years. Elder brother 33020 Driver Arthur Frederick Duke, 4 Divisional Artillery Column, died at sea, 9 June 1917, as the result of an accident on board SS Shropshire.